Improvement in wire fences



W. H. H. FRYE. Wire-Fence.

No. 204,312. Patented May 28,1878.

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UNITED STATES PATENT QFFICE.

WILLIAM H. H. FRYE, OF MARSHALLTOWN, IOWA.

IMPROVEMENT lN WIRE FENCES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 204,312, dated May 28,1878 application filed May 4, 1878.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM H. H. FRYE, of Marshalltown, in the countyof Marshall and State of Iowa, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Wire Fences, of which the following is a specification:

Figure 1 is a perspective, showing a panel of the fence. Fig. 2 is adetail in plan, showing the position of the palings between the wiresand barbs between the palings. Fig. 3 is a detail, showing the barbs onthe wire. Fig. is a detail, showing another view of same.

The design of the present invention is to produce an efl'ective, strong,and cheap fence; and its peculiarities consist in the combination of thebarb with the wires in the formation of suitable apertures along thepanel for the paling; in the combination of the palings and the wires;and in the general construction and combination of all the parts,substantially as will now be more fully and plainly set forth.

In the accompanying drawings, A denotes each cable, and is formed of twofence-wires, a a, laid or stretched parallel to each other, and as manyof such cables can be placed one above the other as maybe desired formaking a fence. Usually it has been found that three will answer verygood purposes.

At the proper distance along each cable are placed the barbs B, so as toform between each two, on same cable, a suitable opening, into which thepaling O can be readily placed. The barbs B being arranged in theseveral cables one above the other, the openings in each cable will alsocome regularly .one over the other, so that the paling can easily beplaced in its said position, where, by its size or thickness and width,it is adapted to fit snugly. The ends 12 b of the barbs will project onopposite sides and regularly along the line of the cable between thepalings.

Each of the barbs is made of a single wire, b. This is wound from theprojecting end b over both wires a a, then under the same, and thenbentover the first wire a, and returned under the wire a, up and over whichit is turned close by the side of the first bend in b, and thence passedparallel with the end 11 over both wires a a, and returned under thewires, horizontally projects at its end in a parallel line, but on theopposite side from the end at the point of starting. This barb is fittedtightly on the wires, so as to secure it rigidly in place, and by it thetwo wires a a can be thus drawn sufficiently near together.

This peculiar method of twisting serves to secure the barbs in placeagainst any vertical turning, while any possible inclination tohorizontal movement would be effectually checked by the palings. Boththese points are of large account in devices of this kind.

By means of the paling, which can, of course, be of any desired shape orsize, not only an ornamental fence will be provided, but when used on afield or in a barn-yard the color of the paling will render effectualaid in making the fence visible. This also is of great consequence,since now it has come to be a common objection to simple barb on a wirecable that, by reason of the difficulty in observing the same,oftentimes cattle are seriously injured by coming suddenly and violentlyin contact with it.

In this fence the para llel wires of the cable are much more durablethan if twisted, and by the special construction shown no staples orother fastening device are needed for the paling--a great advantage incost as well as in time of setting up the fences.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

1. A wire fence composed of two or more cables, A, placed vertically theone above the other, each composed of two parallel wires, on a", formedat regular intervals, as described, by barbs B, and combined withpalings O, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

2. The fence-cable A, composed of horizontally parallel and untwistedwires a a, and combined with barbs B, substantially as described.

3. The double lock-bar B, composed of wire I), twice twisted round eachof the horizontallyparallel cable-wires a a, and intertwined betweenthem, and having points b b, substantially as and for the purposes setforth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I affix my signaturein presence of two witnesses.

WILLIAM H. H. FRYE.

Witnesses:

J OHN M. GILcHRIsT, B. T. FREDERICK.

